Guardians of the Galaxy Ð Mission: BREAKOUT! towers over A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Guardians of the Galaxy Ð Mission: BREAKOUT! towers over A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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A young rider raises their hands as they ride Flik’s Flyers in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A sign outside “It’s Tough to Be a Bug” shows the attraction is closed – soon to be followed by the entire A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Guardians of the Galaxy Ð Mission: BREAKOUT! towers over A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A sign saying, “bye.” greets visitors as they leave A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Flik’s Fun Fair welcomes visitors in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Visitors ride Flik’s Flyers in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A giant bug is also a light in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Heimlich Chew Chew Train winds its way through snacks, including a watermelon, in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Visitors to A Bug’s Land enter Flik’s Fun Fair through a giant cracker box at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Flik’s Fun Fair welcomes visitors in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Guardians of the Galaxy Ð Mission: BREAKOUT! towers over A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A pencil-shaped light in A Bug’s Land at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2018. Disney is closing A Bug’s Land in late summer to make way for a new Super Hero-themed land that is scheduled to open sometime in 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Disneyland concept art of the new Marvel land slated to open in Disney California Adventure in 2020.

Disney is getting rid of the ants – and other cute bugs too – as it plans the latest major renovation to Disney California Adventure theme park. Disney has announced that it will close down “a bug’s land” after Sept. 4, to make way for a new Marvel superhero land that will be developed in its place.

Fans of “a bug’s land” and its carnival-style rides geared toward smaller children have until the day after Labor Day to enjoy them before the land is closed permanently. It will be replaced with a new Marvel Land under development that will feature comic book superheroes and be anchored by the Guardians of the Galaxy ride.

Many people have been fans over the last 16 years of the charming themed elements of the bugs’ land, which thrusts visitors into a “bug’s eye view” of a world where they are the size of insects inside a giant garden. The design concept was that all the elements were cobbled together by the bugs themselves from natural materials or human discards.

The area, based on the hit 1998 Pixar film “A Bug’s Life,” was built hurriedly to inject more fun into Disney California Adventure, after it opened in 2001 to generally poor reviews complaining about the lack of rides. But its rides appeal mainly to small fries and were built hurriedly using so-called “off the shelf” technology that doesn’t showcase what Disney does best.

“When I was small, it was really fun because all the rides were my size and I enjoyed it,” Tracy Stovall, 32, of Escondido said at Disneyland on Thursday morning. “Now it’s in the past.” She said she would look forward to a new Marvel superhero land.

The bug land’s stellar attraction, the “It’s Tough to Be A Bug!” theater, closed in March. The other rides in Flik’s Fun Fair, including Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train, Flik’s Flyers, Tuck and Roll’s Drive ‘Em Buggies, Francis’ Ladybug Boogie and the Princess Dot Puddle Park splash fountain, will close after Sept. 4.

In December, Disney author and unofficial historian David Koenig described the land’s attractions as “four off-the-shelf rides that are just horrible.

However, Disney bloggers have pointed out that the Flik’s Flyers ride that sends wee ones flying through the air in a simulation of hot air balloon baskets looks remarkably similar to the new Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind! ride slated to open in 2019, suggesting the ride may be retooled and recycled in a new home in Pixar Pier.

The closure date was first reported on the official Disney Parks blog July 18, which read, “In addition, as we previously announced, ‘a bug’s land’ will be closing to make way for the Super Hero-themed land, which will open in 2020. The last day to experience the fun of being a bug is Sept. 4.”

The new Marvel land’s iconic ride has already been built. In response to Disney’s acquisition of the rights to Marvel properties, engineers remodeled the former Twilight Zone Tower of Terror into Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! which opened in May 2017. Today, it’s the most popular attraction at the Disneyland Resort, according to park officials.

Marla Jo Fisher was a workaholic hard news reporter before she adopted two children from foster care at age 46, picked up a scruffy dog along the way and somehow managed to keep them all alive, at least so far. She now writes the Frumpy Middle-Age Mom humor column that appears in the Orange County Register weekly. Due to her status as the cheapest person alive, she also writes about deals and bargains for the Register, including her Cheapo Travel column which also runs in newspapers around the country. When she's not having a nervous breakdown, she's usually traveling somewhere cheaply and writing about it.